Apple

Hardware Systems Design & Integration Engineer - AirPods

Apple$130K — $155K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience
  • 5+ years in designing electronics or embedded systems
  • Strong fundamentals in analog and digital design, signal integrity, and power integrity
  • Hands-on experience in prototyping, bring-up, debug, and validation of electronic systems
  • Proficient with lab equipment like oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers

Responsibilities

  • Own hardware deliverables throughout the product lifecycle
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including silicon, RF, and software
  • Translate complex electrical trade-offs into team decisions
  • Drive prototype bring-up and validation efforts
  • Oversee production ramp for electronic systems

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with engineering disciplines
  • Opportunity for mentorship and professional growth
  • Engagement with cross-functional and executive stakeholders
  • Hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology
  • Exposure to manufacturing processes and contract partners
Full Job Description
Description

You will own system hardware deliverables across the full product lifecycle - from early architecture and PCB/flex design through prototype bring-up, validation, and production ramp. You will work shoulder-to-shoulder with silicon, RF, power, audio, sensor, mechanical, software, and manufacturing teams, translating complex electrical trade-offs into decisions the whole program can get behind.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent directly-related work experience

5+ years of relevant industry experience designing electronics and/or embedded systems

Strong electrical engineering fundamentals, including analog and digital design, signal integrity, and power integrity

Hands-on experience with prototyping, bring-up, debug, and validation of electronic systems

Proficient in a lab environment with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, frequency counters, and related instrumentation

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in PCB and flex design (schematic and layout), with a track record of delivering high-quality designs to aggressive timelines

Working knowledge across several system domains such as SoC integration, power and battery, inductive power, analog and audio, RF, sensors, ESD, or design of test and automation infrastructure that scales across a program - with the curiosity to go deeper wherever the problem demands

Track record of driving ambiguous, cross-disciplinary problems to root cause when the path forward isn't obvious and comfortable making measured decisions with incomplete data

Proven ability to build alignment across teams and influence decisions with cross-functional partners, contract manufacturers, and executive stakeholders

Experience taking hardware from proof of concept toward mass production, with exposure to contract manufacturing partners a plus

Design validation experience spanning bench characterization through factory test coverage,Experience mentoring engineers and fostering a team environment where ideas from any level are welcomed, challenged, and made better

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex electrical trade-offs to non-EE audiences - from industrial designers to executives

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Apple Careers

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154,000 employees
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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
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+11.5%
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$294.1 billion
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